Buy Aeroplan Points with up to 100% Bonus (September 2026) | Prince of Travel

Aeroplan has frequent sales on buying points with its Buy & Gift Points feature.

From now until September 25, 2026, you can receive up to a 100% bonus on purchased Aeroplan points. The tiers are published in the terms and apply to every member, with no targeting and no credit card kicker this time around.

If you’re in need of a top-up to your Aeroplan balance, or if you can leverage the promotion to score premium flights at a steep discount, it’s worth taking stock of what’s on offer this time around.

Buy Aeroplan Points with up to 100% Bonus

Outside of sales, Aeroplan sells points at a base price of 3.75 cents per point (CAD).

During this promotion, buying Aeroplan points with the 100% bonus brings the effective acquisition cost down to 1.88 cents per point (CAD).

The 75% tier works out to 2.14 cents per point, and the 50% tier to 2.50 cents, so only the top tier lands below our valuation.

The promotion has tiered pricing, with bigger purchases unlocking higher bonus percentages. Unlike many recent sales, the tiers aren’t a mystery this time, and the same offer applies to all members:

• Buy 5,000–25,000 Aeroplan points and get a 50% bonus
• Buy 30,000–70,000 Aeroplan points and get a 75% bonus
• Buy 80,000 or more Aeroplan points and get a 100% bonus

One quirk in the terms is worth knowing. Aeroplan says members who were already logged in before the offer began need to refresh the page during the offer period to be recognized as eligible, so if the bonus doesn’t appear in your cart, reload before you buy. Gifted points earn the bonus as well, and the full amount, bonus included, posts to the recipient’s account, generally within 72 hours.

At 1.88 cents per point (CAD), buying Aeroplan points with a 100% bonus sits below our current valuation of Aeroplan points at 2.0 cents per point (CAD), though not by as much as the 110% offers in July and August, which got cardholders down to 1.79 cents. The lower tiers both work out to more than 2 cents per point, so the value is reserved for purchases of 80,000 points or more, a threshold 10,000 points lower than last time.

This is a strong offer by Aeroplan’s recent standards, and it makes sense if you’re short of a specific redemption and need a top-up, or if you can leverage the promotion for premium cabin redemptions where you’re confident of getting outsized value.

How many Aeroplan points can you buy?

Aeroplan allows each member to buy up to 1,000,000 points per calendar year. That’s quite a generous limit, and it’s much higher than what many other loyalty programs offer for buying points.

Usually, Aeroplan imposes a limit of 250,000 base points per transaction, but that limit has been doubled to 500,000 points during this promotion. The 1,000,000-point calendar year cap stays in place, and gifting to another member is capped at 500,000 points per transaction and per calendar year. Bonus points don’t count toward any of these limits.

Which credit card should you use to buy Aeroplan points?

As Aeroplan points purchases are processed by Points.com, you won’t be able to earn category accelerators on Air Canada or travel purchases.

When buying or gifting Aeroplan points with a Canadian address, it will result in sales tax being added to the total, eroding some of the value of your purchase.

Therefore, the ideal way to make your purchase would be to use a US credit card with a US billing address, in which case GST/HST isn’t levied. You could use this opportunity to make progress towards a minimum spending requirement on a new US credit card; otherwise, use a card that offers a strong return on everyday spending.

If you must use a Canadian credit card, you’ll be acquiring Aeroplan points at a higher rate, depending on your provincial tax rate. With taxes included, the value proposition further weakens, and you may be better off earning Aeroplan points in other ways.

Who Should Buy Aeroplan Points?

There are some situations in which buying Aeroplan points can be beneficial.

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Even with a purchase price of as low as 1.88 cents per point, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re guaranteed to get the same value for your booking.

Before buying points, it’s important to consider Aeroplan’s dynamic pricing model, where award ticket prices on Air Canada flights and with select partner airlines can be a bit unpredictable. Points costs rise and fall, more closely mirroring cash costs, so there isn’t as clear an advantage to buying points and making a points booking.

Instead, you can benefit by flying on Air Canada’s partner airlines, where award tickets are at a fixed points price based on distance and region. With partner airlines, there are certainly many more sweet spots to be had where you can stretch the value you get for your up-front cash costs.

In general, you shouldn’t speculatively buy points if you tend to travel on dynamically priced routes. There’s a lot more risk in making a speculative points purchase if you can’t guarantee the value you’ll get – in that case, you should try to earn points the slow way.

On the other hand, if you’re confident that you’ll often have opportunities to redeem points above the price you pay, you can stand to benefit from a points purchase under this promotion.

Families Who Share Points

With Aeroplan’s Family Sharing feature, you can easily purchase points on multiple accounts within a household and use them together.

That’s especially the case if you want to purchase more than the maximum of 1,000,000 Aeroplan points per account per year.

You can purchase points on up to eight Aeroplan accounts under the same Family Sharing pool, and redeem them out of your own account for your own trips. Across all linked accounts, your family could purchase up to 8,000,000 points per year.

Other Ways to Earn Aeroplan Points

Despite this being an opportunity to buy points for less than usual, there is no shortage of other easy and affordable ways to earn Aeroplan points. You should always consider if you can reach the balance you want, on the timeline you need it, in other ways.

Credit Cards by TD, CIBC, and American Express

By our count, Canada has no less than 20 credit cards that either earn Aeroplan points directly, or earn points that can be transferred to Aeroplan.

In particular, the main cards you should be looking at are any co-branded Aeroplan credit card from TD, CIBC, or American Express, or any American Express card that earns Membership Rewards, which can be transferred to Aeroplan at a 1:1 ratio.

Generally, signup bonuses are the most affordable way to “buy” points. The fastest way is via premium cards with high fees and higher bonuses. Plus, with these cards, you get all the perks of being a premium Aeroplan cardholder.

It’s worth noting that some Aeroplan credit card offers distribute the welcome bonus on a monthly basis, not all at once. Therefore, if you need the points right away, it might be better to take advantage of this Buy & Gift Points promotion, even if the cost is higher than a new credit card.

US Credit Cards

The Chase Air Canada Aeroplan® Credit Card, relaunched on September 10, 2026, is one of the best ways to earn award travel at a great price. For an annual fee of $195 (USD), you’ll get a welcome bonus worth up to 115,000 Aeroplan points, along with automatic Aeroplan 25K status and 15% off Air Canada flight rewards.

American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Capital One Miles can also be transferred 1:1 to Aeroplan. However, all of these programs have a much wider variety of unique transfer partners that are otherwise unavailable to Canadians.

With so many other ways to earn Aeroplan points in Canada, you might want to save your US transferable rewards for other purposes and perhaps only transfer them to Aeroplan as a last resort for a quick top-up.

Aeroplan eStore

You may also turn to the Aeroplan eStore for bonuses on online purchases at many popular retailers, ranging from technology to sportswear companies.

High bonuses can often be found around big shopping days. Keep an eye out for things like Back to School promotions, and then dates like Thanksgiving and Christmas/Boxing Day.

While this is potentially a good way to pad your balance, I wouldn’t count on it for an urgent top-up. Even if you were to take advantage of the latest promotion, the bonus points may not arrive in your account immediately.

As you decide whether this promotion is a good opportunity for you to meet your travel goals, here’s a look back at Aeroplan’s past bonuses on purchasing points:

Conclusion

Aeroplan’s latest promotion offers up to a 100% bonus on purchased points, reducing the cost to as low as 1.88 cents per point (CAD), with no credit card needed to reach the top tier.

Since we value Aeroplan points at 2.0 cents per point, the top tier brings the cost below our estimated redemption value, though the margin is thinner than the 110% offers earlier this summer.

Therefore, this promotion can be a solid way to top up points for premium cabin redemptions, especially if you have a specific booking in mind.

The offer runs until September 25, 2026, so if you do plan to use it, aim for the 80,000-point threshold or above, where the cost per point falls below your likely redemption value.